Lady&#39;s chemisette or shield.



No 861,427. PATENTED JULY 30, 1907. A. K. BILLSTEIN.

LADYS CHBMISBTTE OR SHIELD.

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' can be caused to assume the desired form on the per- ALBERT K. BILLSTEIN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

LADYS CHEMISETTE OR SHIELD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 30, 1907.

Application filed December 13, 1906. Serial No. 847,674.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ALBERT, K. BILLSTEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ladies Chemisettes or Shields, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to the particular constructive arrangement of a chemisette or shield as a garment for use by ladies to span the chest, fit the neck and arranged to be brought together at the back to assume position on the form and provided with an adjusting waist band, whereby the shield or chemisette son for use through the adjustment of the waist band thereof.

The nature and'characteristic features of my invention will be more fully understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, in which Figure 1, is a view in perspective of a figure or form with a chemisette or shield embodying the characteristic features of my invention in operative position on said form; and Fig: 2, is a rear elevational view, enlarged, of the shield or chemisette showing the detail arrangement and manner of adjusting the same to the form from the waist of the person, so that the shield or chemisette will occupy the position on the persons form as indicated in Fig: 1.

Referring to the drawings 3, is the shielding breast or chest front of the chemisette made tapering from the shoulders 4 and 5, and terminating in a straight end 6. The front of the shield is provided with a neck band 7, the meeting ends of which on the back may be fastened to each other by hooks and eyes or other fastening means, not shown. The back of the shield from the shoulders thereof is made to taper into oblong 1 members 8 and 9, prolonged below the front or shield portion of the article as clearly shown in Fig: 2, and at the extremities of the back members 8 and 9 are secured the ends of a sectional waist band 10, opposite ends of which band are separated, one being provided with a buckle 11, and with which the free end of the band 10 is adapted to engage so as to adjustably secure the same to the waist of the person.

At the bottom of the front of the shield or chemisette is secured a tape 12, the lower end of which is formed into a loop 13, through which the waist band passes, whereby in the drawing of the band 10, about the form, the tape 12, draws the front of the shield taut over the form of the person togive the same the position on the form of the person as illustrated, for example, in Fig: 1, of the drawings.

The lower ends of the long narrow members of the chemisette or shield on the back, may be provided with a shank 14, and socket 15, fastening of the type shown in Fig: 2, or any other securing means as may be preferred used for detachably fastening one back member to the other.

Having thus described the nature and object of my invention, what 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A ladies chemisette or shield, comprising a front shield with spanning shoulders merging into contracted back strips arranged to detachably engage each other in the middle thereof and each strip provided with a waist band arranged to detachably unite with each other and a tape or strip connected with the front shield and with the waist band, whereby in the drawing of the waist band around the body of the person, the front shield is drawn thereby taut over the form of the person.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT K. BILLSTEIN.

Witnesses J. WALTER DoUGLAss, GEO. W. Rnnn. 

